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Meanwood Valley Urban Farm Limited

Registered charity 510452 Registered since 1980

Operates: Leeds City

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

7 trustees on the board

3.8y median 4y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

3
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 1Economic/community Development/employment 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Business services 3Education 2Health and social care 1

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£562k latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

23 from 20 in 2024
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
44%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.mvuf.org.uk
Emailceo@mvuf.org.uk
Phone01132629759
AddressMeanwood Valley Urban Farm, Sugar Well Road, Leeds, LS7 2QG

Finances

£562,369 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£426,923£452,137
2022£403,027£455,453
2023£479,726£523,028
2024£522,144£527,412
2025£562,369£560,845

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisabilityAnimalsEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THOSE LIVING OR WORKING IN THE MEANWOOD VALLEY LEEDS AND THE ADJACENT NEIGHBOURHOODS THEREOF WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND/OR VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THE RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS AND PARTICULARLY OF THOSE WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY, OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY, OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES. FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3.01-05 OF MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 29 JULY 1980 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 25 MARCH 1982 AS AMENDED 20 NOVEMBER 1985 AND 15 NOVEMBER 2001

Trustees (7)

7trustees
52median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Meanwood Valley Urban Farm Limited · 01509788 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 29/07/1980

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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